Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-07-09

An Old New Yorker Gives Some Advice
I'm Regard to It's Treatment.

From the New York Sun.
Al old New Yorker. who was brought up in
hotels and restaurants, and knows all about eat
Ing, gave some points to reporter OF the Sun the
other day about the way for a man to make friends
with his stomach. "There are two big mistakes
that almost all persons make" said he. "One is
that they don't eat the right things and the other
is that what they do eat they don't eat right.
Dyspepsia and Indigestion are killing more people
than rum ten times over. Why delirfum tremenS
Is Joy compared with q bad digestion. When q
man has the tremens he's happy sometimes,
dyspepsia his stomach is always with him, and
he's always conscious OF IL. He can't sleep. His
food doesn't taste right BOils break out over him.
He's morbid. All his friends seem to have de-
serted him. and some day he goes OH and blows
his brains out, and the public and newspapers say
ne haa business s troubles ~, Business troubles!
when his stOmach's all right? II his stomach is
right his head will be clear, and he'll prosper.
man with sound stomach and a clear head.
when you got up this morning what did you
self, with your nose in the papers and your mind
wandering over the earth. You don't know what
you ate. or how much or how long it took For all
the good it did you you might as We'll have swal-
lowed bacon and cornbread, or turkey and buck
wheat cakes, or any other mixture that would
take up space In your stomach. Then, while you
nately, and when you got through you liz cigar
aud went down town, glad you had done part OF
Ine WOrk OF the Qdy.
''That's not breakfasting. It's loading up your
stomach, and it's worse for you than If you hadn't
eaten anything. Then you have headache and
feel bad, and grow fat, and wonder why it all is
It's because you don't pay as much attention to
your stomach as you do to your office boy. Your
stomach takesit revenge by making you wretched
To Squelch IL you put a lot OF liquor into 1t and
gulp some ice water on that with q cracker or
preJzel and bit OF cheese. What sort OF a mix
and pTetzei and think that Something inside Of you
has got to get away with that. II you want to
drink, drink and enjoy your drink. Don't down 1t
and fling things at 1t when you've got it down.
Take glass OF wine and enjoy it, but don't fling
1t into your stomach as you would your nst into
somebody's eye. Your stomach ought to be
your best friend, but II you go to pitching into 1t
it'll show fight, and you may as well understand
that 1t will get the best of it.
drink of water. Your system wants water first
An engine Isn't first fired up and then same water
let into the boiler Clean your teeth, and let the
Then drink q pint Of 1t. Use common hydrant
water; no ice, no SALT no mineral water. Ordinary
, water Is good enough for any ordinary healthy
your stomach show.
'If you're IN a hurry to read the papers, read
breakfast table be happy; you're going TO do some
thing pleasant. Breakfast isn't penalty imposed
on you or task to be performed soon possible
somebody talk TO yOu and talk yourself. Laugh.
Start OH with frult-sOme oranges, say. Then eat
some fish and stale bread, or stale rolls toast
III you want anything more eat some meat. Take
your time to it all. stay at the table for an hour,
and eat ali the time. Don't eat much, but take
your time to it. II you haven't time eat less. The
time you spend at breakfast will be saved over and
over again during the day.
I'll you've been up the night before, don't take
cocktail or Ice water. Try some broth and some
t1pe If your stomach's pretty lar gone. When a
mans been off little his stomach Is raw and in
famed. He doesn't want to start right off with
more rum. Let him give his stomach show. It'll
pay him to. Coddle your stomach in the morning,
and It'll stand up for you at night. II you go
pitching into 1T nrst thing 1t Will have It's re-
venge.
Don't smoke in the morning. Don't drink In
the morning. II you must smoke and you must
breakfast. Try this thing or starting of fair ana
square. You can drink more and smoke more in
the evening, and 1t won't tell on 1t. A mans
stomach Is his friend, and il he'll only treat it
kindly the first half OF the day it will show its ap-
probation and stick by him at hight"